You prude!

What's that?" I say looking at Liam and he quirks an eyebrow up at me.

"Are you going blind?"

"No"

"Then look at it yourself. You also have eyes" His tone is one that should get me instantly angry and secure the wrath of one of the most monstrous people in all of Sydney but yet i find that contrary to popular opinion, i actually do not kill the slightest person that annoys me. Well I'll certainly not kill my best friend.

He might be my only friend at this point but loyalty is something that I'll risk my neck for any day.

Liam has been more loyal to me than my own brothers have. It's thanks to him that i didn't face an early assassination.

It's also thanks to him that i can keep the horrible monstrous rumors about me floating so it can go into the right ears so i actually sort of like need him at this point.

"Are you angry that I followed you?" I say turning my head from the glass panelled wardrobe so i can actually see him in real time.

"I'm not angry about that" Like before his reply is curt and snappy and i roll my eyes.

His eyes bulge open at this as he stops watching the television and he turns to face me directly.

"Did you just roll your eyes?"

I let the corner of my lips rise up in something of a smile and his eyes widen even wider.

"I knew it!!l. You're definitely acting weird"

I actually chuckle a bit as i quirk an eyebrow up at him.

"I thought that had been established"

He rolls his eyes now and he turns back to face the television in my room. I know this isn't the time to remind him that he also has a room of his own with a fully functional television inside.

It's definitely not the time to remind him that there are multiple rooms in this house that have fully functional televisions in each and every one of them but yet he chooses to always stay in mine.

"I can actually pick up what you're thinking" he says trying to sound smug and i smile.

"I let you pick it up"

"Do you want me to leave?" He says and i shake my head.

"You're definitely angry at me"

He nods his head and i sigh as i pinch the bridge of my nose.

"How can i make it up to you?"

He smiles at this. He smiles one of the deviously cunning smiles that made me avoid him those first few years when we were in school. Apart from the f that he was and still is one of the better looking male amongst us. He had that glint of mischief behind his eyes.

"Tell me why you're always so frigging damned happy whenever we come here?"

The question is not one that i would have expected him to ask.

Well who am i kidding at this point. A similarly devours smile creeps up my lips.

"Why do you visit that high school three days every week that we come here?"

"Aha!!. You do follow me around" He looks red. Not the sort of red that would let you know he's angry but the sort of red that would indicate he was shaking in righteous fury.

"Don't you think you're a little bit too handsome to look so red Liam?" I can feel his breathing stop.

He looks at me with wide eyes for a moment before he turns an even deeper shade of red.

"You prude!!!"

He aims a pillow at me which I tactically dodge only for another one to practically hit me right on the head.

"Hey!!. I could kill you for that y'know" He sticks his tongue out and i shoot him a similarly comically nasty look.

"It's not that big of a deal. We'd also be in highschool if not for the sacred duties that have called us away"

His mother tilts in a smirk at this as he registers the word "sacred duties".

His smile grows even wider as he remembers exactly how he had been the first person to get me in trouble at school then sneak us out under the guise of" performing sacred duties"

He tries to hide it but sadly enough i know my best friend too well.

"Tell me why you're following me"

He's still adamant on this and i can't really deprive him of the answer he wants to hear.

The answer is simple

"So you don't make a foolish mistakes like you did last time"

His eyes widen dramatically at this but I still keep the blank look i had earlier on my face . If it's even possible i make it even more blank and his eyes widen even more.

"What?,You expecting the sky to fall down?" He bursts into laughter at this before hebdramatically clenches his heart

"I'm hurt"

"Best you be. Remember who you're dealing with?"

He nods his head as aims another pillow at me.

"The one and only Alex-a of Savannah" I smile at this and he smiles back.

"Glad to see you still have my back" I nod my head at this and he sighs heavily as he stands up from the couch

"Finally took the hint?" I say looking shocked and suprised and he nods his head

"Don't fall in love and give Alex-a some space so he can dress up properly" The last part sort of makes me feel a flush creep up my neck. He makes it sound like I'm that self conscious.

He walks out of the room and i immediately strip out of every piece of clothing that i have on.

I jump into the shower and i get myself bathed as fast as i can, not because l need to but because i actually let Liam into my mind.

The familiar scratchy sensation that i had always gotten whenever father used his gift comes back and i resist the urge to scratch

The water rushes over my skin and i imagine it washing the imprints of Liam's magic off me.

It's not that his magic gives me the same oily slick feeling father's did. I just don't like it.